Bhagat is a term used in the Indian subcontinent to describe religious personalities who have obtain high acclaim in their community for their services and devoutness.It is also one of the

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in Mahar caste with clan totem as King Cobrahttp://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2806/1/41944_1961_ETH.pdf and also a surname found among Marathas, Bania communities and Punjabi Brahmins.

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''Bhagat'' is a

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

word derived from the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

word ''Bhagavata'', which means: a devotee of the Lord ('' Bhagvan''). It usually defines the relationship between a lord and his devotee and the pure offering from a bhagat to his bhagvaan. Many such

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

devotees are followers of the ''

bhakti ''Bhakti'' ( sa, भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. It was originally used in Hinduism, referring to d ...

'' tradition, who adhere to a prayer-led path of realization. ''Bhagat'' is also a Hindu,

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and

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surname, found in various communities though it is most prevalent in the northern

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Sikhism

Sikhism's central scriptural

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, Guru Granth Sahib, has teachings of 15 ''Bhagats'', along with '' bani'' of Sikh Gurus, ''Bhats'' and ''Gursikhs''. Because Sikhism believes in one human creed (no one belongs to a higher or a lower social status or caste) and that accounts to adding ''Bani'' of various authors, a total of 36, in Guru Granth Sahib irrespective of many belonging to religions other than Sikhism. Religious writings of those ''Bhagats'' were collected by Guru Arjan. Some of them lived before Guru Nanak, but came to have a

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as opposed to a polytheistic doctrine. Broadly speaking, therefore, a ''Bhagat'' is a holy person or a member of a community whose objectives involve leading humanity towards God and highlighting injustices in the world. Below is a list of the ''Bhagats'' who contributed towards Sri Guru Granth Sahib: * Bhagat Kabir *

Bhagat Ravidas Ravidas or Raidas, was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE. Venerated as a ''guru'' (teacher) in the modern regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Pu ...

* Bhagat Farid *

Bhagat Ramanand Sri Ramanandacharya ( IAST: Rāmānanda) was a 14th-century Vaishnava devotional poet saint, who lived in the Gangetic basin of northern India. The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monast ...

* Bhagat Beni * Bhagat Namdev *

Bhagat Sadhana Bhagat Sadhna, also called Sadhna Qasai, was a north Indian poet, saint, mystic and one of the devotees whose hymn was incorporated in Guru Granth Sahib. Venerated in the region of Punjab, among Sikhs and Ravidassias, his devotional hymn is wide ...

Bhagat Bhikhan Bhagat Bhikhan ( pa, ਭਗਤ ਭੀਖਨ) (1480-1573), a medieval Indian Hindu Bhakti Poet-Saint, whose two hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. There were two saints of that time sharing the same name — Bhagat Bhikhan and Sheikh Bhik ...

Bhagat Parmanand Bhagat Parmanand ( pa, ਭਗਤ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦ) was a Vaishnava mystic and saint-poet, one of whose hymns is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Early Life Born in Kannauj, Uttarpradesh, in a Gaur Brahmin Family in 1483,सिंह, � ...

Bhagat Sain Bhagat Sain was a Hindu and Sikh religious figure lived in the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century. His name was known in every house due to his devotion to god. Bhagat Sain was a barber of the royal court of Raja Ram, ...

Bhagat Dhanna Dhanna Bhagat, also known Dhanna Jaat or Dhanna Jatt, Dhanna Bairagi, Sant Dhanna (born 1415) was a mystic poet and a Vaishnav devotee whose three hymns are present in Adi Granth. Early life He was born in the village of Dhuan Kalan near Tehsil ...

* Bhagat Pipa * Bhagat Surdas * Bhagat Jaidev *

Bhagat Trilochan Trilochan was a celebrated medieval Indian saint and one of devotee whose hymns are present in Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhs.Mahankosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha, ਤ੍ਰਿਲੋਚਨ: ਇੱਕ ਭਗਤ, ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਬਾਣੀ ...

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